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JUSTICE SERVED THE SUAREZ WAY
If there were mosquitoes in
despite lacking match fitness looked
fitter. Why did he not play against
have known how to deal with this
Costa Rica in Uruguay's 3­1 loss?
irritant called Luis Suarez.
Incidentally, Suarez's first goal— an
And, Suarez's employer at Liverpool angled header flew in (lie direction
is not English either. Were John
uf thousands of England fans behind
Henry English, lie would have
lee 1 Ian's goal like an arrow right in
exercised Luciano Gaucci nationalist between their eyes. Then he wheeled
law— just Are the guy who bites the away planting lasses on his wrisL
hand that feeds him. Gaucci is that
1 he second goal was lhat of a
former president of AC Pcruggia,
poacher par excellence. An
England, the Three Lions would
dicy talked about the injury and the
coach had words that annoyed me,"
SuArez told Uruguayan website
Tenfield.
Except for the two goals, he had a
quiet game by his standards, but he
was full of his usual self.
Miggly, helligerent, and outrageous
in the manner he took free­kicks and
corners often bordering on
disrespect like when he attempted to
who infamously fired South Korean
Inadvertent flick from Steven
tob I lart from distance.
player Aim Jung­hwan for bundling
home the goal that eliminated Italy
from the 2002 l­'ifa World Cup.
"'Lhat gentleman will never set foot
in Perugia again. I Ie was a phenom­
enon only when he played against
Italy," Gaucci was quoted by daily
Gazzetta dello Sport.
Apparently, Jung­hwan had been
quoted saying South Korean football
is superior to Italy's. It infuriated
Gerrard dropped in front ofthe
Twice, perhaps off the view of the
Uruguayan, whose Erst touch
cameras, Suarez kicked the ball
invited a thunderbolt from his right
farther away from where he had
been nipped.
Later as England pressed for an
equalizer, he walked back into die
pitch with a hall and dropped it in
the box pretending he was trying to
save time yet Hart had already taken
a goal kick.
Gaucci, who responded: "1 am a
nationalist and 1 regard such
behaviour not only as an affront to
Italian pride but also an offence to a
country which two years ago opened
iis doors to him. I have no intention
of paying a salary to someone who
has ruined Italian football,"
It is difficult not think the same
feeling was welling up inside the
bellies of English fans inside Arena
ile San Paolo on Thursday evening as
Liverpool hit man, Suarez, ripped
the Union lack into tatters. Suarez,
foot.
Well, that is football. A team can stop
such top players by maintaining
tactical discipline or simply
man­marking them.
What England could not stop, and it
is doubtful whether any team can, is
Suarez's irritating behaviour off the
ball.
Although Suarez denied In: was on a
revenge mission, he took great
exception with England manager's
comments before the game when
. asked il'hc thought the striker was a
world­class player.
It seemed justice had been served
when Wayne Rooiiey tapped, in the
equaliser. Little did the world know
that the Uniguayan would serve
justice, the Suarez way. Eor, in a blink
of an eye, the ball looked for him
and with the power of a bazooka, the
Uruguayan thumped home the
winner.
"I Ie (SuArez) will only be at that level
when he shows it on this particular
Later in the press conference he
stage," Hodgson had said. That was
lived and the criticisms we've
enough for Suarez to hear his fangs
at the English.
re.'i'ived".there you have it."
He could as well have repeated it
"It wasn't revenge, but in England
said: "For all the moments iliai I've
when Costa Rica beat Italy.
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Uruguay's forward Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring a second goal
during a Group D football match between Uruguay and England at the Cor­
inthians Arena in Sao Paulo, [p hotO:A. p]
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